Undergarment.



WILLIAM R. SGHBEMP, OFTEW YORK, N. Y. ASSIGN'OIR. T UNION MILLS, IN C.', O]?

HUDSON, NEW YORK.

UNDERGARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 15, 1915.

Applicat ion filed J anuary 30, 1914. Serial N0. 815,407.

T a'll whom z't may concem Be it known that I WILLIAM R. SCHREMP,

a citizen cf the United States, and a resi- -the Wales of the dent ofthe city of New York, Manhattan Beach, borough of Brooklyn, in the county cf Rings and Stat'e of NeW York, havc invented a new and Improved Undergarment, cf Which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates 130 knit underShirts and union suits, and its object is to provide a new and improved undergarment arranged to provide elasticity in an up and down direction at the neck and both in the front and back or at the back only, th&s ir1suring a perfect fit of the garmcnt on the body of the wearer and allowing a very desirable frecdom and stretching of the garment in a vertical direction to accommodate the m0- tions of the body of the Wearer without danger cf binding especially ab the neck.

In order to accomplish the desi red result use is made cf a yoke of an elastic ribbed knit fabric, inserted in the body of the garment and havin its Wales extending horizontally approxnnately at right angles t0 body cf thc garment, thus allowing the yoke to stretch in an up and down direction.

A practical embodimentof the invention 1s represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar charactcrs of reference indical;e corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is .a front elevation of the garment; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a modified form of the garment showing the yoke extending along the back and theshoulders only; Fig. 4= is a plan view of the yoke illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

- The union suit illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 consists cf the body A, integml legs B and arms C sewed to' the body A in the usual manner. Th body A is made of an elastic ribbed knit fabric ha@ving its Wales extend 1ng in a vertical direction, and the body is provided at the front median line with the usua l closing flaps D providecl with fastening devices E, such asbuttons and buttonholes, for fastening the flaps together. The body A is provid(ed with an inserted yoke F made ofan elastic ribbed knit fabric, the Wales cf Which run in a horizontal direction,

and partly to the body that is, approximately at right angles to the Wales of the body A. Asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, the yoke F has its rear edge apploxjmately straight and extending from one sleeve seam to the other, and the yoke extcnds over the shoulders to the front cf the .garment with l;he front edge of the yoke approximately extdnding froni the flaps D to the arm seams. The yoke F is providedwith a neckband Gjoined at'the front 130 the overlapping closing flaps D. It Will be noticecl that by constructihg a yoke in the manner described, elasticity in an up and down direction is provided in contrast t0 the excccdingly limited up and down elasticity of the body A, the Wales cf which run in a vertical direction and thus prevent stretching in an up and down direction but allowing stretch ing cf t-he body in a sidewise direction.

In the modified form shown in the body A is similar to the body A and is provided .With overlapping clsing flaps D and fastening devices E as Well as Wil:h The yoke F in this case extends across the back the same as-the yoke F proviously mentioned, but this yoke F after passin'g over the shoulders does not extend furth'er down at the front of the body It Will be noticed that in this case the neckband G is partly attached to the yoke F A and terminates at the front in the overlapping closing flaps D. It Will also be noticed that in this coustruction, the desired up and down elasticity is provided ab the back and at the shoulders but none ab the front cf the bodv A, as

Fig. 3

above described in reference t'o Figs. 1 and 2.

It is understood that the yokes Fand F although shown in conncction With union suits can be readily used 011 undcrshirts only,

if desired.

The yoke construction above described is preferably provided in a union suit such as shoWn in Figs. 1 and 2, having a flexible whioh the unde1 crotch flap H is secured a1ong the right-hand side edge by stitches I to the corresponding side of the crotch opening, and the outer flap 'H issecured at its leih side edge by stitches I to the left s'1de edge of the crotch opening, so that the flugs readily overlie one the other and can e opened up by moving the same in opposite directions, as plainly indicated in Fig. 4.

'01 unattached right-hand The back and freut ends of the overlymg flaps H and H are secured by stitches 13, 1 (see Figs. fiap H is adapted to be fastened at its free edge to the underlying fla'p H by the use ofa fastening device J, such as butto ns and buttonh les, to securely hold the outer flap H in closed position. The flaps H and H are tapering fr0m the upper edge of the back downward to the orotch, and then taper upward at the front, a5 plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. The*crotch flaps H and H are inade of elastic ribbed knit fabrics having the Wales running in a horizontal direction, so that the flaps are free to 'stretch in an up and down direction, thus giving tho desired free- 'describe'cl a n'1ax1mum 2 and l) to the body A. Tho

dom to the wearer body especially to the upper portion of the lower limbs.

By arranging a garment in ca1 diroction of the mannor stretching in a verbout seven inches is obtamed, that is about five inches ab the back and two inches ab the front, thus insuring a perfect fit 01E the garment and allowing a very desirable freedom without dange r of undu e binding whe1i bending the body 01 the limbs.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new a'nd desire to sec ters Patent:

A knitted garment, Comprising a body rovided with vertical Wales and hav'mg an seamless yoke, provided i1iserted single piece,

ure by Letwith a neck-band and with wales which extend horizontally.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name 110 th'1s specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM R. SO Witnesses:

THEO. G. HOSTER, PHILII D. ROLLHA'US.

HREMP. 

